The nanostructure of fire opal

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Volumn 352, Issue 38-39, 2006, Pages 3957-3960

  Fritsch, E ^a   Gaillou, E ^a   Rondeau, B ^b   Barreau, A ^a   Albertini, D ^a   Ostroumov, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopy; Nanoparticles; Scanning electron microscopy; Silica

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILICA;

FIRE OPAL; HYDRATED SILICA; NANOGRAINS;

GEMS;

EID: 33749174311     PISSN: 00223093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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